Flotsam Ninjas

Flotsam Ninjas
Faction HQ	Flotsam Village
Pacifier location	Squin
Hostile towards	The Holy Nation

“	Hah! The cult of Narko? I guess you've been reading too much Holy Nation bullcrap, huh? There are hundreds of possible interpretations of a single religion, the Holy Nation's is just one of many, they only see black and white...	”
–Moll on religion

The Flotsam Ninjas are a small rebel faction mostly made up of women and escapees who have defected from The Holy Nation, although their organization is also composed of a significant proportion of volunteers, likely originating from Deadcat.

They have taken refuge in Flotsam Village under Moll's leadership, where some of them train to become ninjas. Many of the Flotsam still worship Okran, but follow a divergent path that also venerates Narko, seeing both gods as integral parts of the cosmic balance rather than mortal enemies. As a result, they are seen as heretics and traitors by The Holy Nation.

Additionally, they also engage in various subversive activities inside the Holy Nation such as assassinations, aiding escapees, fomenting unrest and riots, and advocating for armed resistance against the Holy Nation in general.

They live in a hidden village near the Cannibal Plains, as the Painted Tribe provide a good deterrent from their pursuers. However, the Cannibals also present dangers to the ninjas themselves, occasionally threatening their supply lines, so they have to regularly cull them to prevent them from becoming too big of a threat.

Attitudes on the subject of the Holy Nation within the Flotsam Ninjas do vary. Some seek to topple Holy Lord Phoenix's rule, some wish to move on and leave them, while others bear guilt over turning their backs on The Holy Nation.

If the player comes across their territory for the first time, they will interrogate the player about their reasons for being there. Women and non-humans can usually get through fairly easily, while human males have to go through a bit more trouble and dialogue.

Members of this faction can colour armour and clothing due to a colour scheme attached.

Characters

Unique Characters

These characters will only spawn once and may be tied to a World State.

Leaders:

• Moll
• Mani

Special Events:

• Yayoi* (Does not actually spawn in game)

Recruits:

• Digna
• Knife
• Pia
• Reva

Mentioned:

• Naevia (deceased)

Generic Characters

Military:

• Flotsam Jonin
• Flotsam Ninja

Civilians:

• Flotsam Refugee
• Ex-Servant
• Shinobi Citizen
• Citizen
• Outlaw
• Drifter
• Skeleton Drifter

Randomly Named:

• Flotsam Recruit

Merchants/Traders

• Boot Trader
• Ronin Armour Trader
• Ronin Weapon Trader

Armour Quality

Armours located in shops of this faction can have these qualities (relative chance):

• (0) Prototype
• (100) Shoddy (~58.8%)
• (50) Standard (~29.4%)
• (20) High (~11.7%)
• (0) Specialist
• (0) Masterwork

Races

Characters from this faction have a chance to spawn as this race (relative chance)

• Greenlander (200)
• Scorchlander (100)
• Shek (10)

Default Residents

• 1x Flotsam HQ (3)
• 1x Flotsam Bakery (3)
• 1x Flotsam Military Armoury (2)
• 1x Power Station (2)
• 5x Flotsam Refuge (1)
• 1x Small Generator Shack (1)
• 1x Flotsam Gate Guard (1)
• 2x Civilian Solo (0)
• 1x Civilian Mongrel Solo (0)
• 1x Civilian Mongrel (0)

Relations

Faction Relations

The factions this faction has special relations towards. For all others, it will use this faction's default (0).

• The Holy Nation (-100)
• Deadcat (+100)

Player Relations

The reasons for this faction to have a non-zero relation towards you.

• Agreeing with Moll when she mentions cannibals being good target practice or reply that it's "all fun until you find yourself in a pot" will result in +1 Relations.
• Agreeing with Moll when she goes off a rant about religion will give +2 relations. This is repeatable and can be done until you ally with them.
• Attacking Moll through dialogue will result in -20 relations.
• Backing off from swearing allegiance or having conversation go sour will result in -2 relations.
• The Player has an option when talking to Moll to either side with the Flotsam Ninjas or the Holy Nation. Choosing one will negatively affect your relations with the other. (+/-75 for Flotsam) (+50/-75 for HN)
• If the player turns in Moll to an Inquisitor to earn her c.50,000 bounty, their relations with the Flotsam Ninjas will be severely damaged (-75).
• If Moll gets imprisoned (not directly by the player) and gets freed, Flotsam Ninjas will be allied to the player.

Locations

Zones
Flotsam Ninja patrols can spawn in Hidden Forest and Northern Coast. Under certain conditions, they can be found patrolling Okran's Gulf and Okran's Valley.

Towns
These towns, outposts, and other locations are controlled by this faction. Flotsam Village Flotsam Safehouse Scout Post

World States
If certain World States are achieved, this faction can be found patrolling Okran's Gulf and Okran's Valley. Town Overrides Depending on World States, these locations can be controlled by this faction. Blister Hill Rebirth

Trivia

• The word Flotsam can mean "People who are considered to be worthless or to have been rejected by society", which adequately fits The Holy Nation's view on them.
• Flotsam's military could be estimated to be at less than 1% of HN's military, given that they only field roughly 1/3rd as many patrols as HN in only 2 zones, and zero patrols in the core region of Okran's Pride.
  • Given the weight estimation for military presence in zones by putting them relative to bandits, it would be: Okran's Pride (1x), Okran's Valley (0.07x), Okran's Gulf (0.09x), Border Zone (0.14x), Skinner's Roam (0.17x), Bast (0.81x), Skimsands (0.25x), Stenn Desert (0.03x) and Flotsam would occupy 2% of it.
    • This is discounting the garrison inside the towns and military outposts, which could make the numbers much lower.
  • The force disparity is so glaring, that even Moll admits that numbers aren't "on our side".
  • Even a single High Inquisitor's army is capable of completely blocking off Flotsam's advancement.
  • The places where Flotsam are capable of taking over is extremely limited, only taking a heavily devastated Blister Hill and Rebirth after being completely abandoned.
    • Places like Stack, Bad Teeth, Holy Military Bases, Okran's Fist, Okran's Shield, Holy Mines, Holy Farms are never recovered.
    • No patrols (potential and not) in places like Okran's Pride, Bast, Skimsands, Border Zone, Skinner's Roam, Stenn Desert.